13. Blood sacrifice
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In the town of the Remi, the barbarians surrounded Appis, and the atmosphere was serious and heavy, and it seemed that today's topic was not easy, and judging from the expressions of these Gauls, there was something urgent waiting for Apis to do.
Walking through the long streets, the Belgian inhabitants on both sides cast strange glances, and were held down by the shoulders of the barbarian leader, as if they were prisoners swaggering through the city, but this time, instead of throwing disgusted saliva and rotting vegetables, the Gauls waited quietly for Appis to go to the town square.
At this time, Apis and Titus appeared in front of five Roman soldiers covered in wounds. At least in terms of their appearance and dress.
"Whew."
There was a commotion in the field, and it was clear that a brutal slaughter ritual was going to take place today.
Blood sacrifice to the gods?
Apis guessed, however, that even with such a cruel test, Apis had been mentally prepared before he came to the town of the Remi, and these barbarians would not believe in themselves so easily, after all, the scheming of the Romans had already made them suffer in the past. Now, dealing with the "traitors" of the Romans, the Gauls had a little more distraction.
"Brothers, sisters, we are gathered here today to witness the blood of the Romans, and we will use the blood of these Roman soldiers to honor our gods, to pay tribute to our brothers who died in the war, and, today, we are also to witness the addition of two new comrades-in-arms, if they are really on the side of the anti-Romans."
The barbarian leader's speech was very concise, but it caused the blood of the audience to boil. These Gauls, who hated the Romans so much, so much wanted to see the blood of the Romans spilled all over the field to pay tribute to their compatriots who died in the war, and today, as Appis had guessed before, these Gauls wanted to put an end to the lives of these Roman soldiers with their own hands, so as to fully trust themselves. Of course, if it was a spy, he might be able to do it, but it would be difficult, and the barbarian patriarch would carefully observe the expressions of the two outlanders during the execution. If it is painful and extremely slow, it proves that the two Roman slaves who came to take refuge in themselves are most likely spies.
"Roar, roar."
A deafening cry began to ring around the square, like the crowd in the Colosseum telling a gladiator to plunge a short sword into the throat of a beast, a cry of thirst for blood and a bitter hatred of the Romans.
Appis walked up and gave Titus a look at him. The clever bricklayer quickly understood what his companion meant. Load, continue loading. There was no choice but to kill the Roman soldiers in front of them like livestock. But this is really not difficult for Titus and Appis. Because they were indeed slaves, Titus had no good feelings for the Roman soldiers who had beaten and scolded him before, while Apis was a gladiator and did not blink an eye when killing......
The execution began.
A stormy roar rang out from the field, and the eyes of all the barbarians were fixed on the two Romans to see how they had slaughtered their own countrymen.
The Roman soldier began to tremble, and when he looked around, he was full of barbarians who were screaming frantically for his own death, and the tall Roman slave in front of him also looked like a beast, and from the way he held his sword and the steps he stepped forward, he knew that this slave had no mercy, and had even been an executioner before.
“mum……”
The Roman prisoners of war, tied to a stake, began to cry, a large man, crying like a baby. In the face of death, everyone will be afraid, will be sad, with reluctance and nostalgia for the world.
Maybe the soldier in front of him still has a family? And wives and children waiting to be reunited by themselves?
Appis didn't dare to think about it, afraid that if he continued to think about it, he would relent. In the middle of the sword, the Roman soldier who had been captured by the barbarians had already slit his throat. A large amount of blood suddenly stained Appis's hands. I can't tell that this is the first time that it has been stained with the blood of enemies and his own companions, this is a savage world, a bloody world......
"Roar!"
On the field, the Gauls were boiling, and they felt more than they did when they saw the weak Roman fall by the sword of their slave.
In the mist of blood, Apis felt the sorrow of human nature. Cruel and ruthless. Titus, too, stabbed his dagger into the heart of another Roman captive in the movement of his face. The blood of the Roman soldier kept pouring out of his mouth. Soon, his body hung limply from the stake. After Titus had killed the Roman soldier, he even responded to the barbarians' cheers with his hands raised. He is an actor...... Maybe it's suitable to be an actor...... Appis thought so, and the Gauls on the field shouted a primitive beast-like howl in response to the actions of the Roman slave.
This is indeed a ritual of worship to the gods.
The remaining three Roman prisoners of war trembled at the sight of what had happened on the field. They whispered and prayed quickly to their gods. Apis knew that it was the name of Jupiter, the main god of the Romans, that is, Zeus of the Greeks. However, this will not save them. In front of the mad Gauls, in front of this ritual destined for blood sacrifice, Apis had to strike quickly.
Soon, one, two, three Roman soldiers were all impaled through the heart by Apis and Titus. In the square where the execution was carried out, blood flowed and gathered in a shallow groove, which was the way the barbarians sacrificed.
The leading barbarian smeared the blood from the grooves on his face, and shouted strange notes in his mouth. It's like primitive people calling out to the gods.
A group of Belgians gathered around their high priest, singing and dancing, sometimes high-pitched, sometimes low-pitched. The dance steps are sometimes fast, sometimes slow. This is a divine comedy that is comparable to "Nervous" in modern times, but it has caused a frenzy of popularity among the Belgian crowd.
Apis and Titus were also stained with Roman blood by the barbarians, and several barbarians smeared the blood of those dead prisoners of war on Apis's face, and this smell of blood became their bond to the gods, a sacrifice to the gods, and these two Romans, from this day on, seem to have become one of them......